Double Standard, again

Stageleft has an interesting piece called they got oil & helped out in Iraq . In it you will see another evidence of the ongoing double standards in US foreign policies.

Just look at what the corrupt Rumsfeld says about the relations between Washington and Baku: "Ties between Washington and Azerbaijan would grow, despite election fraud charges." This is also despite what Human watch charges against the current Azerbaijan government's human right abuses:
"The government of oil-rich Azerbaijan has arrested and tortured political opponents since a disputed election last October, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday."

And don't forget that Azerbaijan is an oil rich country.